Balanced Fund Correlations

FLDFX Fund  USD 13.63  0.03  0.22%   
The current 90-days correlation between Balanced Fund Retail and Dynamic Growth Fund is 0.94 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Balanced Fund is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

Balanced Fund Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Balanced Fund Retail and DJI is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Balanced Fund Retail and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Balanced Fund Retail. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in census.

Moving together with Balanced Mutual Fund

  0.99SRUAX Spectrum Fund AdviserPairCorr
  0.99SRUIX Spectrum Fund InstitPairCorr
  0.98QNTAX Quantex Fund AdviserPairCorr
  0.98QNTIX Quantex Fund InstituPairCorr
  0.96IFAAX Infrastructure FundPairCorr
  0.96IFAIX Infrastructure FundPairCorr
  1.0BLNIX Balanced Fund InstitPairCorr
  0.88BLNAX Balanced Fund AdviserPairCorr
  0.73FLBDX Total Return BondPairCorr
  0.98FLCGX Quantex Fund RetailPairCorr
  1.0FLDOX Dividend OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.98FLDGX Dynamic GrowthPairCorr
  0.95FLFGX Global OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.99FLMIX Muirfield Fund InstiPairCorr
  0.99FLMFX Muirfield Fund RetailPairCorr
  0.99FLMAX Muirfield Fund AdviserPairCorr
  0.96FLRUX Infrastructure FundPairCorr
  0.99FLSPX Spectrum Fund RetailPairCorr
  1.0DVOIX Dividend OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.99DVOAX Dividend OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.71BNDAX Total Return BondPairCorr
  0.71BNDIX Total Return BondPairCorr
  0.95GBPAX Global OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.95GBPIX Global OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.98DYGIX Dynamic GrowthPairCorr
  0.98DYGAX Dynamic GrowthPairCorr
  0.81VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.82VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.8VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

BUIGXBUMGX
FLDOXFLDGX
FLDOXMNHIX
BUIGXMNHIX
BUIGXFLDOX
MNHIXFLDGX
  

High negative correlations

HLEMXHULEX
SBRVXHLEMX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Balanced Mutual Fund performing well and Balanced Fund Mutual Fund doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Balanced Fund's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
FLDGX  0.64  0.10  0.11  0.13  0.63 
 1.22 
 8.31 
BACPX  0.26 (0.06) 0.00 (0.13) 0.00 
 0.42 
 4.69 
HULEX  0.53 (0.05)(0.07)(0.01) 0.75 
 0.96 
 2.84 
HLEMX  0.50  0.01 (0.04) 0.24  0.70 
 0.97 
 3.38 
SBRVX  0.95 (0.02) 0.00  0.04  1.22 
 2.24 
 6.10 
SPWYX  1.01 (0.07)(0.03) 0.00  1.44 
 1.97 
 6.81 
MNHIX  0.52  0.02  0.01  0.07  0.66 
 1.16 
 3.05 
FLDOX  0.35  0.02  0.01  0.09  0.35 
 0.72 
 3.03 
BUMGX  0.44  0.01 (0.02) 0.07  0.87 
 0.84 
 5.52 
BUIGX  0.44  0.01 (0.02) 0.08  0.84 
 0.83 
 5.51